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(AP) DUQUESNE, Pa. — Western Pennsylvania authorities say a shooting at a Sweet 16 birthday party has left one person dead and seven others wounded.

Police were called to the Duquesne residence before midnight Saturday after shots rang out in the basement where the party was being held. The Allegheny County medical examiner's office said 18-year-old Drew Bracey was pronounced dead early Sunday at a hospital.

Thanks! I can't find an article with much more info right now. From the one linked by passionflower:

In addition to the shooting, officials say a huge fight involving a few dozen people spilled out onto the street and police from several neighborhoods were called in to help quell it.

From the first link:

Ebony Hawkins, who threw the party for her daughter, told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that an unknown gunman arrived shortly before midnight and opened fire. Authorities said they found several guns in the residence after the shooting.

WTAE still reporting 125 people in the house..........
isn't there a fire code for house parties like in businesses????
Just wondering.
also learned on noon news that the lights all went out in the basement then the shooter came in shooting.

added in the update on WPXI.com
Ebony Hawkins, who owns the house where the shooting took place, said she was also hurt in the incident.

"This was supposed to be a sweet 16 for my daughter and friends to enjoy, not to kill or for anyone to get hurt," said Hawkins. "I didn't see the shooter. I just heard shots. I got trampled and that is how my foot got broke."

Police said they recovered several guns around the house after the shooting. Investigators said they believe Henderson-Bracey was the intended target

A McKeesport man has been sentenced to 76 to 152 years in prison for killing a teenager and injuring seven others at a 2011 Sweet 16 birthday party in Duquesne...

The sentence came nearly three months after a jury of eight women and four men found Ingram guilty of third-degree murder, carrying a firearm without a license and seven counts of recklessly endangering another person.